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IPFire 2.23 - Core Update 132 Released with Important Security Fixes, Kernel 5.2-rc4 Is Out, Akraino Edge Stack Release 1.0 Is Now Available, KDE Announces Its Google Summer of Code Students and Google Assistant Now Works with Waze

IPFire 2.23 - Core Update 132 was released recently. This update includes
security fixes and improvements to help secure systems vulnerable to some recent
problems with Intel processors, specifically RIDL, Fallout and ZombieLoad.
From the release
announcement: "Two new
types of vulnerabilities have been
found in Intel processors. They cannot be fixed unless the hardware is
changed, but can be somewhat mitigated through some changes in the Linux
kernel (4.14.120) and an update microcode (version 20190514). Both is
shipped in this release.
Additionally, to mitigate this bug which cannot be fixed at all, SMT is
disabled by default on all affected processors which has significant
performance impacts." In addition, this release includes a new GUI that
shows you which attacks your hardware may be vulnerable to and whether
mitigations are in place. Go here to
download.

Linux kernel 5.2-rc4 was released on Saturday. Linus Torvalds writes,
"We've had a fairly calm release so far, and on the whole that seems to
hold. rc4 isn't smaller than rc3 was (it's a bit bigger), but rc3 was
fairly small, so the size increase isn't all that worrisome. I do hope
that we'll start actually shrinking now, though.
The SPDX conversions do continue to stand out, and make the diffstat a
bit noisy. They don't affect actual code, so it's not like we should
have any issues with them, but it makes the patch statistics look a
bit odd." See the LKML
post for more information.

Akraino Edge Stack Release 1.0 is now available.
Light
Reading reports that "Akraino's premiere release unlocks the power
of intelligent edge with deployable, self-certified blueprints for a
diverse set of edge use cases." In addition, "Akraino R1 delivers the
first iteration towards new levels of flexibility to scale edge cloud
services quickly, maximize efficiency, and deliver high availability for
deployed services. It delivers a deployable and fully functional edge stack
for edge use cases ranging from Industrial IoT, Telco 5G Core & vRAN, uCPE,
SDWAN, edge media processing, and carrier edge media processing. As the
premiere release, it opens doors to further enhancements and development to
support edge infrastructure." For more information, go to https://www.lfedge.org.

Google Assistant now can offer navigation suggestions in Waze for
Android users, so
you
can report on traffic without needing to touch your screen. According to Engadget,
this feature is available only in the US for English at the moment.

Jill Franklin is an editorial professional with more than 17 years experience in technical and scientific publishing, both print and digital. As Executive Editor of Linux Journal, she wrangles writers, develops content, manages projects, meets deadlines and makes sentences sparkle. She also was Managing Editor for TUX and Embedded Linux Journal, and the book Linux in the Workplace. Before entering the Linux and open-source realm, she was Managing Editor of several scientific and scholarly journals, including Veterinary Pathology,The Journal of Mammalogy, Toxicologic Pathology and The Journal of Scientific Exploration. In a previous life, she taught English literature and composition, managed a bookstore and tended bar. When she’s not bugging writers about deadlines or editing copy, she throws pots, gardens and reads. You can contact Jill via e-mail, [email protected]